The Albatross of Decisive Victory
Subtitle: War and Policy Between Egypt and Israel in the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israeli Wars (Contributions in Military Studies)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: March 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780313313028
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Battles & campaigns; Military tactics; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Middle East; International Relations - General; Middle East - General; Military - Other; History / Military / General; Egypt; Foreign relations; Israel; Israel-Arab War, 1967; Israel-Arab War, 1973
First sentence: During the period between 14 May and 4 June 1967, an unexpected rush of events heightened tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbors to such a degree that the outbreak of hostilities on 5 June should have found all the principal combatants fully prepared for war.